Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person who buys shreds and remnants of woolen cloth from tailors, to sell again for use in mending, patching, etc.
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Examples
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There's a piece-broker there worth a great deal of money; he keeps his cash in a drawer under the counter, and there's abundance of good things in his shop that would be fit for me to wear.
Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences Arthur L. Hayward
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There's a piece-broker there worth a great deal of money; he keeps his cash in a drawer under the counter, and there's abundance of good things in his shop that would be fit for me to wear.
Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed Hayward, A L 1735
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